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Knobloch shares insights on military family transition communication
Tabi Jozwick, Voice Correspondent
Voice Correspondent
MACOMB On Wednesday, Leanne Knobloch shared her insights via Zoom on how military families used communication to help service members to transition from deployment to reintegration.
Knobloch, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Communication professor, delivered Navigating the New Normal: Communication of Military Families during the Transition from Deployment to Reintegration as part of the 30th annual Wayne N. Thompson Scholar Lecture hosted by Western Illinois University’s Department of Communication.
The U of I communications professor started by explaining “relational turbulence theory” and how it affected military couples.
Joie M. Da Cruz was born in southern Africa, but credits the education she received at Gaston College with helping her pursue a career as a paralegal in a Charlotte law office.
King Law Office hired Joie M. Da Cruz as a personal injury case manager in January after she completed Gaston College s paralegal technology program. She had earlier earned her associate degree in applied science in May 2020.
A native of Namibia, Da Cruz was raised in the capital city of Windhoek. Her first exposure to the legal system came at 18 when she was worked as a typist for court proceedings in the Katutura Magistrate Courthouse in her home country.
Wildcats Pick Up Weekend Split With 55-53 Road Victory At Northwood Courtesy: Northern Michigan University Athletics
MIDLAND, Mich. The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team defeated Northwood University, 55-53, Saturday afternoon for the weekend split.
After allowing NU the first five points of the contest, Makaylee Kuhn got the Wildcats on the board with just over two minutes elapsed Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats took the lead with a made layup from Andrea Perez to put her team up 6-5 midway through the first quarter.
The Timberwolves reclaimed the lead just briefly before a 6-0 run from the Wildcats put them up 11-7 with 4:41 to play in the opening frame. NMU would make one more laup in the quarter, courtesy of Vivianne Jende as the Wildcats ended the first quarter of play trailing 14-13.